Motivated by Personal Experience With Covid-19
Speaking to the BBC’s Front Row, Jerram said he was motivated to make the sculpture after getting covid-19 in November. The artist revealed that he still does not have a proper sense of smell because of the disease and that his ears ring with tinnitus.
“During my recovery, it became clear to me that my next artwork should focus on the vaccine, our way out of this global crisis, as a tribute to the scientists and medical teams who have been working collaboratively across the world to fight the virus,” Jerram said in a statement.
